"Hello, it seems you know me," Lance said.
The Kanto League headquarters is in Indigo Plateau, so it's not strange for Lance to appear here.
Lance is a workaholic in addition to being an Elite Four, he is also the champion of the Johto Region League and an investigator.
"Lance, is that Elite Four Lance?" Even Sabrina, who usually stays at home, knows Lance.
"Yes, I'm Lance. Are you training Tyranitar here?" Lance asked.
"No, I just let Tyranitar out. After all, it was just captured not long ago," Gary said.
"Oh, did you capture it in Mt. Silver?" Lance, being knowledgeable, knew that Tyranitar was in Mt. Silver near Indigo Plateau, and only Tyranitar there could be captured.
"I met it in the wild area of Mt. Silver, and it didn't violate the Pokémon Protection Act," Gary clarified to avoid any misunderstanding with Lance.
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to interrogate you. I just wanted to capture a Tyranitar recently, so I came to see your Tyranitar," Lance explained.
Gary: ???
Sabrina: ???
"Ah, Mr. Lance, aren't you a Dragon-type specialist?" Gary asked.
Lance understood what Gary meant and explained, "Although I like Dragon-type Pokémon, I also train Pokémon that are similar to dragons."
"Is Tyranitar similar to a dragon?" Sabrina pointed at Tyranitar, which didn't seem related to a dragon.
"Look, Tyranitar looks like a lizard," Lance said.
Gary and Sabrina looked at Tyranitar. Although it was larger, it did have lizard-like features.
"From ancient fossils, ancient dragons were similar to lizards, so Tyranitar might have been related to dragons in ancient times. It's not impossible to say that there is dragon blood in its body," Lance speculated.
Gary broke out in a sweat.
Although Tyranitar looks like a lizard, its egg group is a monster group and has nothing to do with dragons.
Although Tyranitar can learn some Dragon-type moves, it is not closely related.
However, Lance in the special episode did capture a Tyranitar, and Lance's own Pokémon team is not all Dragon-type Pokémon.
He also has a red Gyarados, which he used in the Masters Tournament and almost every battle.
But Gary is here now, and Gary has included the red Gyarados in the capture task issued by the system.
Lance can use the red Gyarados in the Masters Tournament, which means that the potential of the red Gyarados is not lower than that of a champion, so Gary can only give way to Lance.
"Is that so?" Gary did not spoil it. Since Lance thinks so, let him think so.
"By the way, what's your name, boy?" Lance suddenly asked.
"My name is Gary, and I plan to participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference," Gary said.
Hearing that Gary was here to attend the Indigo Plateau Conference, Lance looked at Tyranitar again and said, "As long as you don't encounter a water field, your Tyranitar should be able to help you reach the finals."
The Indigo Plateau Conference has field restrictions. In the first four rounds, ten fields will be randomly selected from the four fields of water, grass, ice, and rock for battle.
The field is randomized after the players go on stage, so the three Pokémon prepared by the Trainer must not all be of the same type. Otherwise, if a player prepares three Rock and Ground Pokémon and is randomly placed in a water field, they can surrender directly.
Therefore, in the first four rounds, players must prepare at least one Water-type Pokémon to avoid being randomly placed in a water field.
Of course, if a player does not have a Water-type Pokémon, it can only be considered bad luck for the player, and they can only pray that they do not encounter a water field.
"Are you so sure, Mr. Lance?" Gary asked.
According to memory, the players in the Indigo Plateau Conference were not that strong, at least the players before the top 16 were not good enough.
As for the strength of the players in the finals, Gary was not sure.
However, as long as there was no legendary beast man who showed up in the middle, it would not be a problem to win the championship. "My vision is fine. As long as there are no too strong players participating in this Indigo Plateau Conference, you could even win the championship," Lance said.
This kind of late-blooming Pokémon rarely appeared in the League Conference.
Once it appeared, it would definitely make it to the full-player battle and would most likely enter the finals. "Then Mr. Lance, can you battle me?" Gary asked.
As soon as he said this, Lance was stunned for a moment, and even Sabrina was very surprised.
Even though Sabrina had never fought with the Elite Four, she knew that the strength of the Elite Four was far beyond that of ordinary Trainers, and they were the top of all Trainers.
With Gary's current strength, it is impossible for him to be a rival of the Elite Four, especially since Lance is not just an Elite Four; he has the strength of a champion.
"Are you sure you want to battle me?" It was the first time that Lance was challenged by a teenager. Gary was too young, at most 11 years old.
"Yes, you can do it," Gary nodded.
"Okay, how do you want to battle?" Lance asked.
[Ding! Task released: Defeat Elite Four Lance/Reward: High-level Rare Candy x10]
The system suddenly released a task.
As expected...!
Gary was calm. He challenged Lance just to see if it would trigger the system to release the task. It seems that the bet was right.
However, this task is very difficult, and Gary cannot complete it at present.
"Ah, Mr. Lance, let's have a 1-on-1 duel." Gary knew that he was not a rival, so there was no need to battle multiple Pokémon. 1-on-1 was enough.
"Okay." Lance nodded and said, "Then let's battle here."
"Okay."
Sabrina looked at the two of them in surprise. She didn't expect Lance to agree to Gary's request for a battle.
Although she felt that there was a huge gap between the two, Sabrina was also curious about whether Lance's strength was as strong as on TV.
"Then let's start. Go, Dragonite!" Lance directly sent out his trump card Pokémon.
Great!
A bipedal Dragonite appeared.
[LV75 Dragonite/Champion]
Seeing Lance's Dragonite, Gary was a little surprised, but he also felt that it was normal for Dragonite to have such strength. After all, Lance was the champion of the Johto Region League and had the strength of a champion.
"Blastoise, you go." Gary did not choose to use Tyranitar and Zapdos but sent out his trusted Pokémon, Blastoise.
"Blastoise!"
Blastoise appeared, looking at its rival seriously. Seeing Dragonite's silly expression, it thought Dragonite was not very strong.
"Gary, it's time to start. You attack first," Lance offered the first move.
"Okay, then I won't be polite. Blastoise, use Hydro Pump!" Gary ordered.